For Dolley Madison
Program Executive Producer
Catherine Allan
Edited and Co-Produced by
Sharon Sachs
Written and Co-Produced by
Ronald Blumer
Produced by
Muffie Meyer
Julia Morrison
Directed by
Muffie Meyer
Narrated by
David Ogden Stiers
Cast
Eve Best Dolley Madison
Michael Cumpsty John Randolph
John Curless Anthony Merry
Mireille Enos Grand Niece
Danai Gurira Sarah Steward
Neal Huff Quaker Man
Dana Ivey Quaker Woman
Mark Joy Thomas Jefferson
Susan Lyons Elizabeth Merry
Jefferson Mays James Madison
Julia Morrison Catherine Coles
Brian Murray Journalist
Denis O'Hare Benjamin Latrobe
Jacinto Riddick Paul Jennings
Supporting Cast
Sonya Chisholm Sukey
Kendall Diggs Lucy Payne
Bonnie Johnson Mary Payne
Ted Johnson John Payne
James Judice Payne Todd
Taegen Leiden Payne Todd (toddler)
Ethan Marten John Todd
Kalen McNatt Payne Todd (youth)
Xavier Porro Paul Jennings (youth)
Autumn Riley Anna Payne
Director of Photography
Tom Hurwitz, ASC
Costume Designer
Candice Donnelly
Production Designers
Andrew Jackness
Deborah Thomas
Original Music Composed by
Mason Daring
Animation and Visual Fx
Nth Degree Design & Visual fx Inc., Winter Garden, FL
Casting Director
Paul Fouquet, CSA
Stage Manager
Adam Escott
Managing Producer
Jennie Reedquist
Associate Producer
Dianne Cleare
Researcher/Post Production Coordinator
Jaclyn Lee
Field/Studio Coordinator
Zach Wise
Concept Developed by
Anna Jhirad
Gaffer
Ned Hallick
Sound Mixer
Roger Phenix
Key Hairstylist and Wig Maker
Denise O'Brien
Key Make-up Artist
Julia Lallas
Dialect Coach to Eve Best
Jeff Morrison
Key Grips
Dan Vranesich
Christopher Walters
Grip
Daniel DeNitto
Electricians
Leonard Applefeld
Gay Riedel
Robert Spencer
Michael Stockton
Costume Historian and Consultant
Edward F. Maeder
Dolley’s Costumes Manufactured by
Eric Winterling, Inc.
Wardrobe Supervisors
Roseann Milano
Brad Watson
Assistant Costume Designers
Jan Finnell
Sara Jean Tosetti
Set Decorator
Harriet Zucker
Prop Master
Taylor Pattison
Assistant Prop Master
Ed Fountain
Script Supervisor
Peggy Sutton
Additional Videography
Jim Kron
Additional Photography
Erich Roland
Additional Sound
Leonard Schmitz
Lisa K. Johnson
Location Casting Virginia
Henry Jaederlund
Coordinating Post Producer
Ted Hinck
Sound Design & Mix
Mitch Griffin
Colorist
Robert Hutchings
Online Editor
Jerry Lakso
Still Image Animator
Alisa Placas
Studio Projection By
New City Video & Staging, Inc.
Senior Consultants
Catherine Allgor
Holly Shulman
Consultants
Carl Sferrazza Anthony
Carol Berkin
R.B. Bernstein
Donald Hickey
Conover Hunt
Ralph Ketcham
Edith Mayo
William Seale
Beth Taylor
Susan Webster
Location Managers Virginia
Kevin Hershberger
Oriana Robertson
Key Production Assistants
Jonathan Hansen
Linda Cavell
Heather Korman
Noah Marin
Production Assistants
Audrey Hurd
Nick Hurwitz
Josh Lamm
Mike Prall
Joel Zimmerman
Shawn Stanley
Mary Alice Williams
Production Coordinator
Joy Phillips
Production Accountant
Nora Stonehill
Middlemarch Accountant
Nancy Adams
Filmed in Part at
CECO Studios
Filmed on Location
Commonwealth of Virginia and Department of General Services
Homewood Museum, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
James Madison's Montpelier, Orange, VA
The John Marshall House, an official property of Preservation Virginia
Merchant’s House Museum
St. Jean Baptiste Church
Senate of Virginia
Teachers College, Columbia University
Virginia Executive Mansion
Virginia House of Delegates
Stills & Stock Footage Courtesy of
American Antiquarian Society
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
Bridgeman Art Library International
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
CORBIS
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Culver Pictures; Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY
George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film
Getty Images
The Granger Collection, New York
Greensboro Historical Museum
Harvard Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum
The Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Independence National Historical Park
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Kirby Collection of Historical Paintings, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
The Library Company of Philadelphia
Library of Congress, Macculloch Hall
Historical Museum, Morristown, NJ
The Maryland Historical Society
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Montpelier Foundation, courtesy of Sylvia Jennings Alexander
National Archives & Records Administration
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Newseum Collection
New York Historical Society
Swann Auction Galleries
Virginia Historical Society
The White House Historical Association (White House Collection)
Michael R. Winston, Washington, D.C.
Special Thanks
James Abbott
Catherine Arthur
Baltimore Museum of Art
Jody Baran, CECO Studios
Ann Barkelew
Amy Bridge
David Burdick
Division of Capitol Police, Richmond, VA
Catherine Thomas Burnett
Catering by Jill
Coast to Coast Catering
COSPROP Ltd
Costume Rentals, Minneapolis, MN
Charles Darby
Catherine Dean
Dawn Animal Agency, Inc.
James Duff
Andrew Edmunds
Bonnie Fairbanks
Susan Fogg
The Gore Place Society
Tim Grady
Philip Grenz
Catherine Hartnett
Hundley Carriages, Inc.
Scott Jordan
Governor Timothy M. Kaine and First Lady Anne Holton
James Kochan
Barbra Korn
Joyce LoFiego
Elizabeth Loring
Erica Meyer
Lee F. Meyer
Morris-Jumel Mansion
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
The National Society of Madison Descendants
Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Newhall III
Potter Palmer
Johnnie Planco
Michael Quinn
Kathleen Richert
Maya Richman
Lauren Santangelo
John Sicoransa
Frederick Madison Smith
Luther Sowers, Anvil Arms
Adam Symansky
TDF Costume Collection
Eva Ulz
Peggy Vaughn
Virginia Film Office
Scott Wheeler
David Wiesand
Isabel Jenkins Ziegler
Executive in Charge of Production
Gerald Richman
Exclusive corporate funding for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual. Major funding for American Experience is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Major funding for Dolley Madison is provided by Land O'Lakes, Inc. and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by public television viewers.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Additional Funding Provided by
The Robert H. Smith Family Foundation
The Scrooby Foundation
The Huss Foundation
Lucy Rosenberry Jones
Richard Coyle Lilly Foundation
Anonymous
Nicholson Family Foundation
Mary Lee Dayton
Renata Winsor
Anonymous
Lee F. Meyer
Cynthia Szczepanski
Mary Bigelow McMillan
Margaret Wiley Carr
Constance K. Barkley
Tammis McMillan
Leila Poullada
Kitty Winsor Petit
National Society of Colonial Dames in Minnesota
Bonnie Lipe
Carolyn Short
Mary Young
Susan Dunnavan
Sarah Ross
Virginia Gerst
Virginia Munson
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Post Production
Vanessa Ezersky
Glenn Fukushima
Greg Shea
Series Designer
Alison Kennedy
Online Editors
Spencer Gentry
Sound Mix
John Jenkins
Production Manager
Nancy Sherman
Web
Molly Jacobs
Tory Starr
Legal
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
Maureen Jordan
Scott Kardel
Project Administration
Susana Fernandes
Pamela Gaudiano
Patricia Yusah
Marketing and Communications
Lauren Noyes
Project Manager
Lauren Prestileo
Series Manager
James E. Dunford
Coordinating Producer
Susan Mottau
Senior Editor
Paul Taylor
Series Producer
Susan Bellows
Senior Producer
Sharon Grimberg
Executive Producer
Mark Samels
A Production of tpt National Productions in association with Middlemarch Films, Inc. for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
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